chore(main): release 8.1.0

Author: flagsmithdev

.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "8.0.0"
+  ".": "8.1.0"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [8.1.0](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith-engine/compare/v8.0.0...v8.1.0) (2025-10-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Generic segment metadata ([#265](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith-engine/issues/265)) ([8ea7f68](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith-engine/commit/8ea7f6811e9cf2ce56b47fafb7d26673b5af0629))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* `$.`-prefixed traits are not prioritised over valid JSONPaths ([#266](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith-engine/issues/266)) ([789d737](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith-engine/commit/789d737de3c6ec9594632ccbada5c96e8622785b))
+
 ## [8.0.0](https://github.com/Flagsmith/flagsmith-engine/compare/v7.0.1...v8.0.0) (2025-10-10)
 
 ### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

setup.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="flagsmith-flag-engine",
-    version="8.0.0",
+    version="8.1.0",
     author="Flagsmith",
     author_email="support@flagsmith.com",
     packages=find_packages(include=["flag_engine", "flag_engine.*"]),